CMW’08: competitive night

Again, if I wasn’t sick as a dog, I’d be at one of these shows. Cameron House with Rich Aucoin, The Superfantastics. El Mocambo for Besnard Lakes. Hideout for Still Life Still. Horseshoe for The Acorn, Sunparlour Players and maybe Plants and Animals. Lee’s Palace for Rebekah Higgs and The 6ixty8ights. Rivoli for Julie Doiron, […]

Hottest Canadian Bands, 2007 edition

Head to I (heart) Music to see who was voted in the top 33 hottest bands in Canada (hottest meaning as best, most hyped or most popular. interpretation was up to the voter). A big list of bloggers, writers and music industry people who are keeping an eye on whats going on. Here’s what I […]

Polaris 2007 Nominees

Canada, still pumping out great records. Start placing your bets!! My thoughts?? I know this competition is based purely on how good the record is, so I’m going to have to buy these discs and do my homework. All I’ve got to say that it is in the album titles….. thats right, I’m calling Besnard… […]

SXSW ’07, Day 2: Thursday

Possibly my least productive day bandwise. I saw only 8 of them….. And I still can’t remember what I was doing between noon and 2pm. Everything else has come back to me. SXSW has always been about meeting people. I met Sue while on the plane from Denver to Austin last monday. We talked for […]

Canadian Music Week 2007: Part 3

I’m thinking about getting that way tonight…. A couple shows peaked my interest. Chart magazine is throwing another bender at the Horseshoe. Its probably going to be packed all the way from You Say Party, We Say Die! (10pm) and Cadence Weapon (11pm) to Land Of Talk (midnight). Kill The Lights (1am) are also a […]